Kancha Ilaiah writes with passionate anger, laced with sarcasm, on the situation in India today. He looks at the socioeconomic and cultural differences between the Dalitbahujans and Hindus in the contexts of childhood, family life, market relations, power relations, Gods and Goddesses, death and, not least, Hindutva. Synthesizing many of the ideas of Bahujans, he presents their vision of a more just society. This particular chapter talks about how children, categorised, according to their gender, are trained to fit into the caste that is designated for them - leaving them no choice but to accept.
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